43rd Blast || Mello || [In Person] ((BACKDATED to midnight Christmas Day))

[worldsrunnerup]

[Mello is standing out in the snow, he wants to be alone and he can't think of anywhere better than outside in the freezing cold. He's bundled up in a thick red coat topped in a fur collar. In his gloved hands he holds his bible and his rosary beads. It's Christmas and for the first time in his life he has not been able to attend mass. It's

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[in person]

[one_eyed_zero]

[the snow dies down a little at some point, and mellow can see Natsuo standing in the cold, ears back and looking up at the sky. He's not looking at anything, just standing there as the cold collects on his ears and forehead]

[in person]

[worldsrunnerup]

[Mello catches sight of Natsuo out of the corner of his eye. There is something so sad about the cat-boy, so mournful that even Mello feels his heart ache for him. No one should look like that, especially not on Christmas. Before his tough guy persona can stop him Mello calls out to the boy, shouting a little over the wind.]

Hey, kid.

[in person]

[one_eyed_zero]

[Natsuo look over at him, but eyes are a bit blank. It takes him a second to recognize that it's Mello. He wasn't really thinking that anyone would call out for him. He has bandages on his face that are covering scratch marks. His tail flicks a second, thinking what he should do. He sighs and just walks over in the end. His hair looks funny, a little less of the curly stuff?]

yeah?

[in person]

[worldsrunnerup]

[Mello slips his rosary back around his neck with a muttered amen. He tip toes through the deep snow towards Natsuo]

You're not dressed to be out here, kid, are you trying to die of pneumonia?

[Yeah, he sounds pissy and condescending but that's as close to fatherly Mello can get]